Thursday, November 12, 2009

"Blizzard's annual festival is moving house next year, with the Anaheim Convention Center's services no longer required. Instead, the richest men in the galaxy will be holding BlizzCon at the Las Vegas Convention Centre.

While Blizzard are yet to announce the move themselves, the website of the LVCC has jumped the gun and listed the show, which is due to take place on the 30th and 31st of July, 2010.

For reference, the LVCC can hold 30,000 people. Which isn't going to be anywhere near enough."

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

"Electronic Arts announced yesterday it would be eliminating 1,500 jobs, cutting a dozen in-development games and closing "several facilities." According to multiple sources, those cutbacks include studios like Pandemic, Maxis and nearly the entire Command & Conquer team.

Sources tell Kotaku that the team working on Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight was warned of its fate today, with almost the entire team expected to be let go after the real-time strategy game ships some time in 2010.

Also said to be affected heavily are Spore and former-Sims studio EA Maxis, social network gaming acquisition Rupture Studios, and Mercenaries and The Saboteur creators Pandemic Studios LA. Those development studios are said to be hit with substantial layoffs, according to a source, with remaining employees relocated to EA headquarters in Los Angeles and Redwood Shores.

EA is rumored to have already laid off staff at Tiburon, Mythic Entertainment and Black Box, reports which the company has yet to confirm.

We've reached out to Electronic Arts to verify these latest details, but have not yet heard back."